Copper
March 4, 2019
Highlighting what went right, and what went wrong, in this week’s crypto news analysis.
A busy week for crypto enthusiasts with the launch of two Ethereum upgrades, both reported to have been successfully implemented.
But it’s not all good news; auditing firm EY released its third report on failed Canadian exchange Quadriga CX. There are still 26,000 missing Bitcoin. Though some have speculated that nearly all of it was converted to Eth and stored on multiple exchange accounts, deepening the mystery.
Below we have our weekly roundup of industry and coin specific news. If you’d like to get in touch with us about any of our products or services, we look forward to hearing from you. Just send us a note.
Latest Industry News
What happens to crypto in a recession?
With the UK, and many other leading economies, heading towards a recession in late 2019/2020, some are asking the question, what about bitcoin?
The future of finance could be as simple as crypto software as a service
Messenger Coins
The NYT reported on rumours that facebook’s secretive internal blockchain group, led by former PayPal exec, is working on a new coin
Parallels are drawn to popular messaging app Telegram, which last year concluded a $1.7bn ICO, marking it one of the biggest in history
Coinbase users revolt at latest acquisition
The acquisition of data analytics firm Neutrino has sparked fear among Coinbase users that they are under surveillance
Neutrino founders were pair behind Italian firm Hacking Team, long favoured by brutal authoritarian governments. #deletecoinbase began trending as a result
Latest Coin News
BTC
Lightening
allows plugins written in any language
Top 100 BTC wallet addresses
since December
ETH
Fancy a career change? Ethereum Foundation is looking for a
Constantinople and St Petersburg both
XRP
Head of Markets replies to
of Coinbase listing
Class action suit against Ripple will stay in
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